Stage collapses during live music concert; several injured

Team Udayavani, Aug 13, 2018, 6:20 PM IST

Spain: Over 300 injured after a stage at a live music concert collapsed into sea. 

One person suffered serious injuries, the department spokesperson told.

As per news reports, a seaside music festival in northwestern was going all fine, when all of a sudden the stage on which the artiste were performing collapsed into the sea on Sunday night.

The incident happened at around midnight during an outdoor concert on the final evening of O Marisquiño, a three-day culture and sports event in Vigo on Spain’s northwest coast.

Dozens of people were trapped or fell into the sea after the platform, which was part of the existing harbor structure, collapsed.

Though it has not yet been confirmed how the accident took place, but a negligence in the set up process is being assumed.